Government And Politics

Saudi court upholds 20-year term for critic, draws US rebuke
Oct 7, 2021

Saudi court upholds 20-year term for critic, draws US rebuke

A court in Saudi Arabia has upheld a 20-year prison term imposed on a Saudi aid worker who had criticized the government on Twitter


Saudi Aramco closes near $2T valuation as oil prices rally
Oct 6, 2021

Saudi Aramco closes near $2T valuation as oil prices rally

Saudi Arabia’s oil company Aramco closed just shy of a $2 trillion valuation the kingdom’s crown prince has long sought


Oct 6, 2021

Spokesman says Libya lawmakers reschedule parliament vote

Libyan lawmakers have voted to reschedule parliament elections, a move likely to increase tensions among Libyan rivals already divided over bills regulating planned elections


Sunday's vote in Iraq clouded by a disillusioned electorate
Oct 6, 2021

Sunday's vote in Iraq clouded by a disillusioned electorate

Candidates in Iraq’s parliamentary election on Sunday are trying to persuade the country’s disillusioned younger voters to trust a balloting process long tainted by tampering and fraud


Oct 5, 2021

Hadi al-Amiri


Iraq’s militias seek to consolidate political power in vote
Oct 5, 2021

Iraq’s militias seek to consolidate political power in vote

Among the candidates running in Iraq’s general elections this week is a leader of one of the most hard-line and powerful militias with close ties to Iran


Israel tightens COVID 'green pass' rules, sparking protest
Oct 3, 2021

Israel tightens COVID 'green pass' rules, sparking protest

Israel has restricted its COVID Green Pass to allow only those who have received a vaccine booster dose or recently recuperated from coronavirus to enter indoor events


Dubai's Expo 2020 reveals 3 worker deaths from COVID-19
Oct 3, 2021

Dubai's Expo 2020 reveals 3 worker deaths from COVID-19

Dubai’s Expo 2020 has acknowledged for the first time that three workers had died from the coronavirus over the course of building the world’s fair during the pandemic, as the prestigious event draws scrutiny of labor conditions in the United Arab Emirates



Libya's migrant roundup reaches 4,000 amid major crackdown
Oct 2, 2021

Libya's migrant roundup reaches 4,000 amid major crackdown

Officials say a major crackdown in western Libya has resulted in the detention of 4,000 migrants, including hundreds of women and children


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